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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yun heard that his mother died in what year?

2. Yun described aid for the Christians that came from what source?

3. Why did the court officials think that Yun may have had a change in attitude?

4. Who was presiding over the court?

5. What word did Yun use to describe the Western church?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Yun's relationship to the woman who ran the tiny store in the prison?

2. How did Brother Xu attempt to help Yun?

3. In Chapter Fourteen, Yun went to trial. How was his devotional book, "Streams in the Desert" used to help him stay faithful to his fellow Christians on the outside?

4. In Chapter Fifteen, Yun met Father Yu at the prison camp. Who was he and what did he do upon his own release?

5. In Chapter Eighteen, how did Yun and Chaun become "unofficial pastors" of the prison?

6. How did Yun eventually end up hospitalized in a German refugee detention center?

7. In Chapter Twenty-Five, what did Yun describe as the difference between the Western church and the Chinese church when it came to financial giving for missions?

8. What was it about his family visiting Yun in prison that made this prison stay so difficult for him?

9. If Yun could not walk due to his severe beatings, how did he escape at all?

10. Explain the miraculous circumstances of Yun's escape from prison in Chapter Twenty-Two.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter Two, Yun wrote that God intervened in his life by healing his father. This is the first of many miraculous healings we read about in this book.

Part 1) Recount from the book at least three different times that Yun attributed a miraculous healing to God. Name the person healed and the circumstances.

Part 2) Did Yun view the healing as a means to an end? What would that end be?

Part 3) Did Yun downplay healings or exalt them? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Deling's life while Yun was in prison. What was life like for her? Did she experience hardship? Cite three examples from the book of times when Deling experienced persecution of her own, and how she dealt with it.

Essay Topic 3

One of the basics rights in America is the freedom to worship in any religion we choose. Discuss how it struck you when you first read about the atrocities committed against Christians by the Chinese government. Did it seem fair? Do you think fear was an effective motivator against the spread of Christianity? Why did it work on some people and not on others? Cite examples from the book to support your position.

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